Genetic or epigenetic difference causing discordance between monozygotic twins as a clue to molecular basis of mental disorders

Molecular Psychiatry

Volumn 10, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 622-630

  Kato, T ^a   Iwamoto, K ^a   Kakiuchi, C ^a   Kuratomi, G ^a,b   Okazaki, Y ^c  

^a RIKEN BRAIN SCIENCE INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TOKYO   (Japan)

^c MIE UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Bipolar disorder; DNA methylation; Genetics; Schizophrenia; Twin study

Indexed keywords

MITOCHONDRIAL DNA; POTASSIUM CHANNEL KCNQ1;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; CHROMOSOME ABERRATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FACTOR; EPIGENETICS; GENE EXPRESSION; GENETIC ANALYSIS; GENETIC DIFFERENCE; GENETIC VARIABILITY; GENOME IMPRINTING; HEREDITY; HETEROPLASMY; HUMAN; MENTAL DISEASE; MOLECULAR GENETICS; MONOZYGOTIC TWINS; MOSAICISM; PHENOTYPE; POINT MUTATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; REVIEW; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TRANSPOSON; X CHROMOSOME INACTIVATION;

BIPOLAR DISORDER; DNA, MITOCHONDRIAL; EPIGENESIS, GENETIC; HUMANS; MUTATION; PHENOTYPE; REPRODUCIBILITY OF RESULTS; RESEARCH DESIGN; SCHIZOPHRENIA; TWIN STUDIES; TWINS, DIZYGOTIC; TWINS, MONOZYGOTIC;

EID: 21844439212     PISSN: 13594184     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1038/sj.mp.4001662     Document Type: Review

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